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inter-verto (-vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn aside, turn or draw in another direction, divert.

  1. I. Lit.: in extremis partibus triglyphi semicanaliculi intervertantur, Vitr. 4, 3, 5: ductum aquae, Dig. 43, 20, 8.
  2. II. Trop., to alter, change for the worse, pervert: recta ingenia, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 1: rationes, to falsify accounts, Front. Strat. 3, 16, 3.
    1. B. To purloin, pilfer, embezzle: argentum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 92: ille induxit, ut peteret: et receptum intervertit, ad seque transtulit, Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 79: interverso regali hoc dono, id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68: vectigalia, Suet. Vit. 7.
      1. 2. Esp., to cheat out of, defraud of a thing: aliquem aliqua re, to cheat, defraud (anteand post-class.): ut me muliere intervorteret, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 110: possessione dominum, Gell. 11, 18, 13.
        With acc. alone: quem intervortam? Plaut. As. 2, 1, 10; Dig. 41, 2, 20.
    2. C. To spend, squander, waste, Tac. H. 2, 95: interversis patroni rebus, id. A. 16, 10.